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Mental Exhaustion: How to Slow Down and Start Living

Philip A. Christensen
5 min readOct 23, 2023

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Focus

There are methods to exit the system without becoming a monk (that’s not the message behind the article).

You run from morning till evening without a specific direction, feeling guilty at the same time for not doing “something else,” or perhaps you constantly feel anxious and negative. When you think about your own and humanity’s future, you can’t see it in any other way than in dark colors. Well, this is not okay, and it’s time to put your foot down.

Perhaps you want to continue discussing the lack of long-term focus, the impression that “others” have a better life than you, the perfect job, and a fulfilled personal life. Not to mention the inability to concentrate for more than 30 minutes without the toxic need to check your phone, social media, or email.

You need to stop! I’ve been there, and I didn’t even realize where I was living. When I say it’s time to stop, I mean exactly this scene:

When we are reactive, we rarely do things because we want to, but because that’s how it “comes to us.” Here are a few…

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Philip A. Christensen
Philip A. Christensen

Written by Philip A. Christensen

Author and coach, I write for ambitious solopreneurs, creative freelancers, and overwhelmed leaders who want to know how to deal with their self-sabotage.

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